Shampooing attachment for barbers&#39; chairs.



No. 727,452. PATENTED MAY 5,1903.

M. & H. ROMANS. SHAMPOOING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1903 no-monnp.

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MELVIN ROMANS AND HARVEY ROMANS, OF OAKLEY, IDAHO.

SHAMPOOING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 727,452, dated May 5, 1903. Application filed February 5, 1903. Serial No. 142,074. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MELVIN ROMANs and HARVEY ROMANS, citizens of the United States, residing at Oakley, in the county of Cassia and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shampooing Attachments for Barbers Chairs; and We do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a shampooing at tachment for barbers chairs.

The object of the invention is to provide a head-rest adapted to be substituted for the ordinary head-rest for shampooing purposes and designed to support the neck and head of the patron or customer in such a manner that when the chair is tilted back the customer may assume a reclining position with his head sustained beyond the rear of the chair and above a shampoo-bowl, thereby enabling the barber to work to better advantage and the customer to assume a comfortable position while the work is being done.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view through a portion of the back of the barbers chair, showing the same tilted back and the head-rest broughtinto operative position above a shampoo-bowl. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the head-rest, showing in full and broken lines the head-rest proper folded and unfolded. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on about the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on about the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the back of a barbers chair of ordinary construction, which in the present illustration is represented as being tilted back to a substantially horizontal position, and 2 is a shampoo-bowl supported below and in rear of said back.

The head-rest comprises in its construction a rack-bar 3, which is adapted to be adjustably applied to the back 1 in the ordinary way and is designed to take the place of the usual form of head-rest commonly employed for shaving purposes. This rack-bar 3 is provided at its upper end with a U-shaped head 4, disposed at right angles thereto and consisting of a rearwardly-bent base 5 and an upwardly or forwardly projecting portion 6, connected by the intermediate right-angular Web 7. The portion 6 forms a base-support for a neck-rest 8, which is designed to bear against the back of the neck of the person receiving shampoo treatment and is provided in its outer or rear face with a chamber or recess 9 to receive the free end of the portion 6, which is of reduced width for the greater part of its length to cause the formation of shoulders 10 at opposite sides thereof adjacent to the web 7. Surrounding this reduced portion 6 is a coil-spring 11, which bears against the said shoulders and against a plate 12, secured to the rear face of the neck-rest and constitutes a cushion which allows the neck-rest to have a yielding action. The plate 12 is formed with a longitudinal slot 13, which registers with the chamber or recess in the neck-rest, and through this slot and into the chamber projects the reduced portion 6 of the head 5, which has a slot 14, through which extends a pin 15, passing through the head-rest, whereby the latter is slidably connected with the said reduced portion 6 of the head. By this construction it will be seen that the neck-rest is adapted to yield toward the shoulders 10 under the Weight of the head of the person against the tension of the spring, thus giving a desired yielding or cushioning action.

The plate 12 is provided with an ear 16 and the upper surface of the neck-rest with a registering socket 17, in which are j ournaled the ends of a head-rest 18, shown in the present instance as consisting of a single piece of wire bent into segmental form and having its ends laterally projected to form said journals; but any other construction and mode of mounting may be employed. By

thus pivotally connecting the head-rest to the neck-rest the former may be turned to a position at right angles to the neck rest or folded in a plane parallel therewith, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operation the back 1 of the chair is tilted rear-wardly to a substantially horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the shampoo-bowl 2 is placed at the rear of the same beneath and slightly to the rear of the neckrest. Such rearward tilting of the chair allows the customer to take a reclining position similar to that assumed in shaving and to rest his neck upon the neck-rest 8, so that his head will project rearwardly and immediately above the basin, allowing the barber to conveniently and quickly perform the shampooing operation. If it be desired to support the head while this operation is being carriedv out, the head rest 18 may be swung to aposition at right angles to the neckrest, so as to bear on the under side of the head, or if its use is not required it may be folded laterally to a' position parallel with the neck-rest. It will of course be understood that when the pressure of the neck and head of the customer falls upon the neck-rest the latter is adapted to yield to give the desired cushioning action.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention will be readily understood, and it will be seen that the invention provides a simple and eifective form of shampoo attachment by means of which a person desiring to have his head shampooed may rest comfortably in the chair while the work is being performed, and at the same time the barber may work with greater ease and convenience, as the shampoo-bowl will be close at hand.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A shampoo attachment for barbers chairs, comprising a bar or standard adapted to be applied to the back of the chair, a neck rest carried by said bar, and a head-rest movably supported in juxtaposition to the neckrest and adapted to be thrown into and out of operative position, substantially as described.

2. In ashampooing attachment for barbers chairs, the combination with a supportingbar, of a neck-rest carried thereby, and a head-rest pivoted to the neck-rest and adapted to fold parallel therewith and to swing outwardly therefrom into operative position, substantially as described.

3. In a shampooing attachment for barber's chairs,a rack-bar provided with ahead formed of a base and a guide portion, a neck-rest yieldingly mounted upon the guide portion, and a foldable head-rest carried by said neckrest, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MELVIN ROMANS. HARVEY ROMANS.

Witnesses:

B. P. HoWELLs, WM. R. ROBINSON. 

